Information about Golden Willow:

The Salix Lasiandra is commonly known as the Black Willow, Caudate Willow, Golden Willow, Pacific Willow, Red Willow, Western Black Willow, Whiplash Willow as well as Yellow Willow.

The currently accepted scientific name of Pacific willow is Salix
lucida Muhlenb. subsp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murray .
LIFE FORM :
Tree
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
No special status
OTHER STATUS :
NO-ENTRY

Pacific willow is distributed from the interior of Alaska and the Yukon
Territory southeast to Saskatchewan and the Black Hills, southward along
the coast to southern California, and south through the Rocky Mountains
to New Mexico . It is mostly absent from the dry interior country
of eastern Washington, Oregon, southern Idaho, Nevada, and Utah .